First Advising Appointment Checklist
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Introduce yourself and explain the roles and responsibilities of the academic advisor and the advisee.
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Give advisees your office phone number and e-mail address.
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Get the advisees’ local address and an in-use e-mail address.
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Ask advisees about their career goals.
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Explain the Core, the Regents Testing Program, and program requirements for all majors that fit their career goals.
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Explain the appropriate sequences of courses and the importance of maintaining accurate records. Emphasize the importance of taking the courses in sequence because of prerequisites. Remind them not to drop a course without first checking with you.
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Ask them if they are on the HOPE Scholarship. Explain academic load, credit hours and full time designation and how that may affect scholarships and funding.
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Explain Academic Warning, Probation, and Suspension.
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Explain the Intent to Graduate Process and timetable for processing the appropriate forms.
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Tell them to sign up early for pre-registration appointments, review the schedule prior to the appointment, bring their copy of their records to the appointment, and KEEP their appointment.
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Check for College Preparatory Course deficiencies and any Advanced Placement courses.
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If they are a transfer student, check for any areas of the core that may have been completed at another state institution. Check their records carefully, it is a good idea to review transcripts, and submit all courses substitutions at this time. This will help to avoid having a student take a course at 福利小视频 that could have been substituted from another school.
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Make sure that they have alternate courses on their advising form.
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Make a copy of the proposed courses for the student’s files.
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Remind them to contact you if they have any academic advising problems
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Remove the student's advising flag and warn them if any other flags are on their records that would prevent them from registering.
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Make sure that you note each visit in the student's advising file.
 
Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
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Academic Affairs
West Hall Suite 1004 - 
Mailing Address
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta, GA 31698 - Office
 - Phone: 229.333.5950
 - Fax
 - Fax: 229.333.7400
 - 8:00AM-5:00PM Mon-Fri